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    Famine in India

    Famine had been a recurrent feature of life in the South Asian subcontinent countries of India and Bangladesh, most notoriously under British rule. Famines in India resulted in millions of deaths over the course of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Famines in British India were severe enough to have a substantial impact on the long-term population growth of the country in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Indian agriculture is heavily dependent on climate: a favorable southwest summer monsoon is critical in securing water for irrigating crops. Droughts, combined with policy failures, have periodically led to major Indian famines, including the Bengal famine of 1770, the Chalisa famine, the Doji bara famine, the Great Famine of 1876–1878, and the Bengal famine of 1943. Some commentators have identified British government inaction as a contributing factor to the severity of famines during the time India was under British rule. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    People waiting for famine relief in Bangalore.From the Illustrated London News, 20 October 1877.. The late 18th and 19th centuries saw an increase in the incidence of severe famine. [fn 1] Approximately 15 million died from 1850 to 1899 in 24 major famines; more than in any other 50-year period. [6]These famines in British India were bad enough to have a remarkable impact on the long term ...
    • Timeline of Major Famines in India During British Rule

      The timeline of major famines in India during British rule covers major famines on the Indian subcontinent from 1765 to 1947. The famines included here occurred both in the princely states (regions administered by Indian rulers), British India (regions administered either by the British East India Company from 1765 to 1857; or by the British Crown, in the British Raj, from 1858 to 1947) and ...

    • Great Famine of 1876-1878

      The Great Famine of 1876-1878 was a famine in India under British Crown rule.It began in 1876 after an intense drought resulted in crop failure in the Deccan Plateau. [1] It affected south and Southwestern India—the British-administered presidencies of Madras and Bombay, and the princely states of Mysore and Hyderabad—for a period of two years. In 1877, famine came to affect regions ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org

    The timeline of major famines in India during British rule covers major famines on the Indian subcontinent from 1765 to 1947. The famines included here occurred both in the princely states (regions administered by Indian rulers), British India (regions administered either by the British East India Company from 1765 to 1857; or by the British Crown, in the British Raj, from 1858 to 1947) and ...
  4. geeksforgeeks.org

    Oct 22, 2024The Great Famine of (1876-78), which caused major parts of southern India, including Andhra Pradesh, had a long-term impact on the area. The Rayalaseema region in Andhra Pradesh experienced widespread food shortages in the early 20th century, including the famines of (1918-19) and (1936-1937).
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  6. upscwithnikhil.com

    Jan 16, 2023The people's poverty reached a pinnacle in a series of famines that ravaged India in the second half of the nineteenth century. The first of these famines struck western Uttar Pradesh in 1860-61, killing more than 2 lakh people. A famine engulfed Orissa, Bengal, Bihar, and Madras in 1865-66, killing nearly 20 lakh people, with Orissa alone ...
  7. environmentandsociety.org

    Famines in Late Nineteenth-Century India: Politics, Culture, and Environmental Justice Naresh Chandra Sourabh and Timo Myllyntaus Between 1850 and 1899, India suffered 24 major famines, a number higher than in any other recorded 50-year period, resulting in millions of deaths. This exhibition—written by sociologist Naresh Chandra Sourabh and
  8. jagranjosh.com

    India was hit by recurrent famine from 1760 AD to till 1943 AD. As per British sources, there were more than 85 million Indians died in these famines which were in reality genocides done by the ...
  9. environmentandsociety.org

    Famines in India in the 19th century: A timeline The Environment & Society Portal is a project of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, an institute founded in 2009 as a joint initiative of LMU Munich and the Deutsches Museum.
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